Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) The
pharmacy manager shall be responsible for the development and/or implementation
of a pharmacy technician training program.
(1) The instructional text of the training
program shall be kept in the pharmacy and only upon request submitted to the
Board for approval.
(2) The program
shall be designed to train personnel to perform allowed nonprofessional
functions, as described in OAC 535:15-5 and 535:15-13.
(3) Minimum standards for technician training
programs shall be those set out in the Board approved "Pharmacy Technician
Training Guidelines".
(A) Pharmacy technician
applicants shall complete Phase I training before they may apply for an
Oklahoma Pharmacy Technician permit. A pharmacy technician permit must be
received before performing any of the duties of pharmacy technicians authorized
in OAC 535:15-5 and 535:15-13.
(B)
A technician has not met Board requirements until he has successfully completed
Phase II of pharmacy technician training.
(C) A pharmacy technician must complete Phase
II within ninety (90) days after issuance of a pharmacy technician
permit.
(D) Pharmacy technician
applicants shall not have fully received their permits until they have
completed Phase II of pharmacy technician training.
(E) If the pharmacy technician fails to
complete Phase II within 90 days, the pharmacist manager shall notify the Board
in writing,
(i) If the pharmacy technician
fails to complete Phase II within 90 days,
(I) the pharmacy technician permit is
automatically void; and,
(II) the
pharmacy technician shall return such permit to the Board.
(ii) Such pharmacy technician may apply for a
new pharmacy technician permit when he has again satisfactorily completed Phase
I training with an employing pharmacy, provided the provisions of these rules
have not been violated by the pharmacy technician.
(b) The pharmacist
manager, or another pharmacist in the pharmacy whom the pharmacist manager may
designate, shall conduct the training and attest to its successful
completion.
(c) The pharmacist
manager shall assure that the pharmacy technician remains competent through
annual continuing on-the-job training. The pharmacist manager must document
such training in the pharmacy and provide it at inspection.
(d) A pharmacy manager employing a currently
permitted technician must document training of that technician within 10 days
of hire at such pharmacy. Documentation of this training must be kept in the
pharmacy and be available for Board inspection.
(e) The pharmacist manager shall be
responsible for assuring proof of annual technician training is maintained in
the pharmacy and such proof is available for Board inspection.
Added at 11 Ok Reg 3431,
eff 6-27-94; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2736, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2452,
eff 7-1-04
